Lucy, 2014Directed by Luc Besson. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Analeigh Tipton, Amr Waked, Choi Min-sik, and Pilou Asbæk.SYNOPSISWhen forced to partake in a drug-dealing operation across countries, student Lucy is harassed and beaten, only to have the drugs seep into her system. Chased by cops and gangsters, Lucy begins to use the deepest, darkest parts of […]
Movie Review – How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2, 2014.Directed by Dean DeBlois. Featuring the voice talents of Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, Djimon Hounsou and Kit Harington.SYNOPSIS:When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and […]
The Dusty VHS Corner: “Pop it Tommy!” – Eric Roberts the Video Maestro
Tom Jolliffe digs deep into The Dusty VHS Corner for a trio of Eric Roberts movies… There have been a few stars over the years who started brightly only to see their career fade and sometimes even plummet. Perhaps one of the best examples of someone looking set to become a regular face at Award […]
Original theatrical versions of the Star Wars trilogy heading to Blu-ray?
It’s been a big week for Star Wars fans, what with alleged Star Wars: Episode VII concept art for the new-look Stormtroopers, Han Solo and the new villain, and now we have another rumour for you, with ComicBook claiming that plans are afoot for Disney to release the original, unaltered theatrical cuts of A New […]
Movie Review – Blood Ties (2013)
Blood Ties, 2013.Directed by Guillaume Canet. Starring Clive Own, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Caan, Noah Emmerich and Lili Taylor.SYNOPSIS:Chris (Clive Owen) has just been released from prison on good behaviour, several years after he was involved in a gangland murder. Waiting for him reluctantly outside is his younger […]
Marvel’s Doctor Strange film may not be an origin story
According to Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci, who recently appeared on the “Meet the Movie Press” podcast, Marvel’s upcoming Doctor Strange film will not be an origin story. Instead the film is supposedly “not going to be twenty-minutes of [Stephen Strange] being a doctor,” and will jump right into the character being the fully-formed Sorcerer Supreme.Faraci states that at one […]
Jenna Coleman rumoured to be leaving Doctor Who at Christmas
As Doctor Who fans prepare for the upcoming premiere of series eight and the introduction of Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor, a new rumour has emerged via the British tabloid The Mirror (so read into that what you will) claiming that Jenna Coleman will be leaving her role as the Doctor’s companion Clara Oswald in this […]
Stellan Skarsgård will return (and go naked) as Erik Selvig in Avengers: Age of Ultron
In an interview with Total Film (via ComicBookMovie), Stellan Skarsgård has revealed that he will return as Dr. Erik Selvig in Avengers: Age of Ultron. That marks Skarsgård’s fourth appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the interview, the Swedish actor talked about first playing the character in Thor, and admitted to knowing very little about the […]
Robin Williams to be immortalised as World of Warcraft character
The late Robin Williams is to be immortalised as a character in World of Warcraft, following a petition on Change.org which asked for his inclusion into the game.The petition goes on to emphasise just how big of a fan of the game Williams was, saying that he “took his World of Warcraft characters very serious [sic].”“He often joked […]
Ving Rhames will return for Mission: Impossible 5
Jack Reacher director Christopher McQuarrie is hard at work on developing the fifth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, which will see the return of Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt and several of the last installment’s players, including Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner. Now, thanks to McQuarrie himself, we have word on another actor returning to […]
